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...audience of 500 specialists listened closely, Fyodorov, speaking in a thick Russian accent, described how his clinic does 20 to 25 operations a day. Fyodorov has performed more than 3,000. In 96% of his patients with moderate myopia, Fyodorov claimed to have improved vision to somewhere between 20/15 and 20/40, obviating the need for glasses. In patients with more severe myopia, he reported an Fyodorov 84% success rate. The surgeon declared that he had never lost an eye and had encountered complications in only three cases (two patients with excessive scarring and one with infection...
...other stories, miscommunication takes place right at home, especially--where else--in bed. And this is where Atwood whips irony to a thick, using her acrid insight to turn human ambivalence on its back. In "The Grave of the Famous Poet" the narrator relates...
BILOXI,Miss--Twenty-seven prisoners died in their country jail cells early yesterday when a former mental patient set a fire in a padded cell and thick, choking smoke raced through the ventilation system, knocking out the jailer who had the keys...
...lifts the 20th-ranked Crimson (11-2-2) into the thick of contention for a berth in the 16-team NCAA National Championship tournament. Springfield (11-5) was rated 17th in the most recent NCAA poll, released last Thursday...
...late for Tuesday night's dinner, he disdained the tray of eggs, hash browns and sausage that was eventually offered. Throughout the night, he rarely slept; he just stared at the dank walls of the six-bed cell, which he occupied alone, and at the thick windowpanes flanking the barred door. This was not the Ritz in London, one of his favorite jet-set stops, nor his art-rilled office high above Manhattan's Park Avenue. John Zachary De Lorean's dream of soaring to industrial fame on the gull-winged glitter of his stainless-steel sports car had turned...